PM101

Project Training for Business People

This course will help you get things done, and deliver valuable results. It is based on best practices, mistakes made, and lessons learned over 48 years of experience. It blends aspects of practical project leadership and project management best practices, military operational planning processes, and real-life experiences across many industries, in Canada and abroad.

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Certificate included

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, participants will be able to plan and execute business projects more effectively by:

Using practical tools and techniques to focus on the value to be delivered by the project.
Positively and proactively engaging leadership and project team members to establish and maintain alignment and accountability.
Implementing simple and efficient processes to monitor execution, communicate progress / issues/concerns, and taking corrective action when necessary.
Using the value to ensure the project is planned to complete all work required to deliver it

Topics Reviewed In This Course Include:

Five modules:

Module 1 – Introduction
Module 2 – Project Fundamentals
Module 3 – Stage 1: First draft of your plan.
Module 4 – Stage 2: Select the best options; Second draft of your plan
Module 5 – Stage 3: Finalize your plan and Set-up for Stage 4: Execution

Note: Participants will use a real project they have worked on, are currently working on, or will be working on in the future, as a case study for the many exercises used to reinforce learnings throughout the course. Participants are provided with and will learn how to use easy-to-apply workbooks, templates and examples they can use again and again open future projects after the course.